parents become merely legal strangers. randi kaye, cnn, atlanta. >> joining me is staff sergeant terry achane along with his attorney mark wiser. appreciate both of you being with us. first of all, terry, how are you holding up? how are you dealing with this? >> i've been going through this for 18, 19 months. so my main focus is just getting my daughter back right now. >> have you even seen her? >> yes, i've seen her twice. >> what was that like? >> i was very happy the first time i seen her. but the only hurtful part about it is when it's time to go, when i'm giving her back. she's not coming with me. that's the only hard part of it. >> why do you think your ex-wife did this? >> she never gave me an answer, but i believe, if i would say, just to hurt me. why? i don't know because we don't talk or nothing like that. >> mark, legally, what happens now? where does this stand? >> the judge made a ruling on november 20th. and he's ordered that a transition take place within 60 days. the freis, through their attorney, have notified us that they plan to do an appeal and they've asked the jud

he's only seen his daughter twice since he found out where she was. first, randi kaye has the story of how this happened. >> reporter: at 21 months, this girl is caught in a fierce battle between the only parents she's ever known and her biological father who says until last year, he never even knew she existed. it all started in february 2009 when staff sergeant terry achane married tyra bland. in june 2010 they discovered they were expecting a baby girl whom they planned to name talia. about six months later, though, achane was called for duty. so he left texas for south carolina. by then, the couple's marriage was on the rocks. his wife even suggested adoption, but achane wanted to be a father. still, just ten days after he left town, his wife went against his wishes. >> she just made the decision not to let me be a father and went behind my back, deceived me and gave my child up for adoption. >> tyra bland called the adoption center of choice in utah. around that same time, a utah couple, jerod and christy frei called the same agency looking to adopt. when bland gave birth to ta

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